Inès de la Fressange Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 2009 Collection
Inès de la Fressange Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 2009 Collection – Ines de la Fressange took the catwalk today wearing a creation by Jean Paul Gaultier for his Spring/Summer 2009 haute couture collection during this week’s Paris couture show.The 51-year-old French was moved but she said:
“For me it was like a Sunday.” “This is not my job anymore.”
Mr. Gaultier added:
Fashion models “are not just 14-year-olds.” “There are no [age] barriers to beauty.” The French designer explained that the curvy Ms. de la Fressange embodied the sexuality demanded his raunchy Spanish themed show, which also featured high-waisted pinstripe pants for women, suspenders and elbow-length gloves.
Ms. de la Fressange in the 1980s was the first model to sign an exclusive modeling contract with a haute couture fashion house — Chanel — and then went on to represent France’s symbol of femininity, Marianne. She described how she felt nervous backstage with the other models, “surrounded by all those sexy little things.”
